Charted Professional Accountant

A gateway to opportunities

Globally Recognized
Demand
Positions

Accountant's Job

Boring 

-Strategic

You would do some:

  • Analyzing of financial statements, reports or records

  • Preparing reports

  • Preparing Income Tax

  • Planning and setting up account systems 

Globally Recognized
Demand
Positions

You can work anywhere in the world

GLobally

An Average Pay by Industrial type

On average, a canadian cpa makes about $141,000

Globally Recognized
Demand
Positions

Numbers

  • profession = need

  • need = demand

Globally Recognized
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Positions

CFO

CEO

Auditor

Mathematician

So what does it take to be one?

How

  1. University Bachelors degree

  2. (required subject coverage), CPA Professional Education Program (PEP)

  3. (Do NOT have the required subject coverage), CPA PreRequisite Education Program

  4. Common Final Examinations

  5. 30 months Internship

  6. CPA designation

Skills to have:

  • Self - Motivation

  • Multi-tasking

  • Interpersonal & Personal

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Organizing

  • Reporting

  • Presenting

High school would help me (?)

Courses to take:

  • Introduction to Accounting & follow ups 

  • English

  • Math (Calculus,Vectors, Functions)

Skills to learn:

  • Accounting

  • problem -solving

  • Decision making

  • accounting

  • ​Professionalism

University courses 

  • Accounting

  • Economics

  • Statistics

  • Audit and Insurance

  • Business laws

CPA Prep

  • Has prerequisites for entry to PEP

  • Part-time program

  • Done through online, self study and classroom learning

  • Similar to university courses (modules & levels)

University of Toronto - St George 

Rotman Commerce
  • Rotman School of management & UOT Faculty of  arts and science 

  • Provides a balanced approach to business (Unique)

  • receive a solid grounding in management fundamentals, while having the freedom to choose from a flexible and innovative curriculum.

  • 1: introduction and exploration

  • 2: Specialization

  • 3 & 4: advancement

  • 4 years

  • $6,040 / year

  • low 80s to low 90s

University of Waterloo

Accounting and Financial Management
  • gain expertise in accounting and finance (1st year)

  • graduate with 16 months of paid co-op work experience

  • earn exemptions towards CA, CFA, and CMA

  • 5 years

  • 1st & 2nd year: exploring

  • 3rd: specializations (Public Accounting, Management Accounting, or finance)

  • $7,083

  • Low 80s to High 80s

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Accounting Oil and Gas Production
  • teaches the basics of petroleum production accounting and how they relate to the petroleum industry

  • CAPPA

  • $9,110 / 35 weeks

  • High school

CPA PEP

  • Professional Education Program

  •  2 years

  • part-time, graduate-level 

  • prepares you for the needs of industry, government and public practice

  • online, self-study, classroom

CORE

  1. Financial Reporting 

  2. Strategy and Governance

  3. Management Accounting

  4. Audit and Assurance

  5. Finance

  6. Taxation

 

Elective

  • Assurance 

  • Performance

  • Management

  • Tax

  • Finance

TECHNICAL

Enabling/ Soft Skills

  • Professional and Ethical Behaviour

  • Problem solving and decision making

  • Communication

  • Self - Management

  • Teamwork and Leadership

Internship

  • 30 months

  1. Pre-approved Program

  2. Experience Verification

CPA designation

  • Pick your Designation, your niche

  • Ca, Cma, cga

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